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- Hiding garbage cans in the front yard - 3 tips
- Tip 1: plants as privacy
- Tip 2: Laminating with opaque walls
- Tip 3: Sinking in the ground - ingenious but expensive
- Tips
Behind hedges, garbage cans hide wonderfully
Hiding garbage cans in the front yard - 3 tips
Responsible waste disposal through recycling brings us a whole host of large, unsightly garbage cans in the front yard. This need does not mean that the containers spoil the appearance. Read here 3 tips for a decorative hide and seek game.
Tip 1: plants as privacy
With visual protection plants you make an equally inexpensive, as well as opaque hiding place for your garbage cans. Moreover, this variant can be perfectly embedded into the overall picture of your front yard design. The following plants have proved themselves excellently for this purpose:
Behind a green wire mesh fence your garbage cans in the front yard are invisible. Grab here evergreen climbing plants, so that the screen is guaranteed throughout the year. Suitable plants are ivy (Hedera helix) or the evergreen clematis (Clematis armandii), which creates a fragrant, white flower dress in spring.
Tip 2: Laminating with opaque walls
In the small front garden man-sized screens and hedges blow up the dimensions. Space-saving and lean solutions are in demand here. Walls made of natural materials, such as wood, reeds or bamboo canes, are very popular in order to hide dustbins behind them. Since such structures offer wind a large attack surface, a stable attachment with screws or point foundations in the ground is important.
Finished boxes made of wood or plastic, the specialized trade for you ready. These are mounted in a few simple steps on site and banish the garbage cans out of sight.
Tip 3: Sinking in the ground - ingenious but expensive
The luxury version of the garbage bin hides the containers without further ado in the ground. The electrical system makes the waste containers disappear from the front yard at the push of a button. The cover is not only accessible, but carries a load of up to 130 kg, so that bicycles can be parked here comfortably. So much luxury has its price. A system for 2 large garbage bins suggests about 3,500 euros plus installation.
Tips
Use the way to the garbage bin hiding place to create optical depth with its help. Instead of a dead straight course, create the entrance in a curved shape. In contrast to the 120 cm wide access to the front door, here slim 60 cm wide enough width.